Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games – high jump

The high jump event at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium, with the qualification and final being held on 7 September 1930.

Entrants
In August 1930 entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the high jump event.

 Nationality  Name                                             

Results

Qualification
The qualification took place in the morning of 7 September 1930, under bad weather conditions.

Rank  Name  Nationality  Height  Notes 1  Carolina Gisolf    1.50  Q Helma Notte    Q Inge Braumüller     Q Mary Milne    Q5  Fanika Bernik    1.45  QMarjorie Okell   Q 7  ?      8  ?      ?  ?     

Final
The final took place in the afternoon of 7 September. The weather was still bad and it rained during the competition. The track was wet which affected the performance.

The British Marjorie Okell and Mary Milne couldn't jump above 1.50 metres. After the German Helma Notte was not able to jump higher than 1.53 metres, there were two remaining competitors, the German Inge Braumüller and the Dutch Carolina Gisolf. Both Braumüller and Gisolf jumped 1.57 metres. Gisolf got injured during her successfull jump of 1.57 metres toring thigh muscle during the run. She tried to continue jump, to great encouragement from the crowd, but was not able to jump the 1.57 metres. Braumüller was also not able to jump the 1.57 metres. The competition was decided by a toss, which was won in favor of the German.

Rank  Name  Nationality  Distance  Notes   Inge Braumüller    1.57    Carolina Gisolf    1.57    Helma Notte    1.53   4  Marjorie Okell   1.50    5 Mary Milne    1.50    Fanika Bernik     

References

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